Vehicle-light.



'Wim l. BOND, OI' LINCOLN. KANSAS.

VIRICLE-LIGBT.

Ipeelleetten ot Letters l'etcnt.

I'ntentetl .I uly t2, 1010.

Application llei July 8. tm. Serial Io. 505.663.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that. l, Wimnr S. Bono, a citizen of the UnitedStutes,residing nt Lineoln, in the eounty of Lincoln und Stute ofKeuses, have inrented new und useful Iniprovements in Vehicle-Lights, ofwhieh the following is o s|xscilieution.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide o light which muy beottached directl to the pole or tongue of Vehicles so ea to ight theroodway in advance of the team thereby evoiding the objectionuble feeturca incident. to velncle lights attnched directly to the body thereof.

l'n uceordunce with this invention it is proposed to devise a novel formof electric ight either of the flash type or deei ed to give econtinuous illunnnution un muy be u plied directly to the pole or tongueof the vt nele end -is ut ull times under the control either of thedriver or the occupnnt of the vehicle eo that the light. muy be llushedor cxtingnished ut will.

The invention eontemplutes peculiar mountinge whereby the lumpnuiy heuttuehed to the pole eo thut the lump muy be in line with the pole orlocated above or below the sumo us muy be found most con- 'venient inadupting the invention to the special application.

The invention consists of the novel feature. detnila of eonstrurtion undeomhiuutione of erts, which hereinuft' will be more particularly setforth, illnstruted und Iinully elaimed.

Re erring to the druwings foriningg,I a purt of the spertlieution:Figure l is u side view of the front portion ot' u polo provided with nlump emlxulying the nn'ention. Fig. 'J is n wrticul eentrul longitudinul.seetion thoreof.

(lorrespomling und like purts ure referred to in the following deserinion -und indicated in ull the views ot' tie druwingsby the Vmimoreference elml'ueters.,

' The numet'nl l designutes the pole or tongue of n vehielo und muy beof uny design or contruetion. 'l'ho lump muy he loeutcd in line with thepolo or tongue und forwurd thereof us indicuted in Fies. l und 2.

'l`ho reference letter A indieutes the lump which is connected to thepole. or tongue by menus of u holder. As iudieuted in l`igs. 1 und 2 theholder consists of u sleere *J itted upon the end of the. pole undoonstituting whichV Tlie lump us indiruted most cleurly in Fig. 2cumpriu-esl u hollow hody or vcusin 4 having its end portions exteriorlythreut ed. A oonn-ul shell is titted witlnn the iforwurd portion of thehollou' hody 4 und its inner end hus u tnlmlur extension t5 which isihternully threuded to reeeive the socket of un nrulnleseent eleetrielump 7. The eonieul shell 5 is seem-ed within the hollow body 4 in unynnumer preferuhly hy mean: of u screw threud joint. 'l`he inner 'ulls ofthe eonirul .shell 5 ure linished to provide tl rt'llecting surl'urel'or projeeting the ru \'s of light from the lump T. lens' 8 is providedut the front' end ol' the. lunn und beurs uguinst the front end of theiollow body 4, und rouirul .shell 5. u rluni ring t) sorriu to seeurethe lens ut'ter tie purts hnve `en properly ussemlded, ``uid eutnp ringbeing litled to the hollon' body 4 by menus of u seven' threudeoniwetion.

The hnttery or other Isonree for supplying current to the lump i' muy heeomeniently locuted upon the vehirle und it is to he untlerstood lhut nsuitulde rirrllit elmer such us u hntton or switeh is to he provided forrompletimr the rireuit when it is relp'ired to huvo the ulnp lighted.'l`he ires t0 lending l'roln the ump iv um)v extend to :my rou- \'enientposition upon Ilnu-hiele us Will he reudily ltlnlerstnml.

From the fun-going deserption. tulten in yeonneetion with the:owompunring druwintz. the udvuntuges ot' the. eon-truetion :Ind of the.method ol' operation uill he reudilv uppurrnt to thoe shillrd in the urt.to whicl the inreution upperluilw. und while] hnvo deerrilwd .theprinriple of operation ol' the inrention. together ith the detiee whichnow eonsider to lie the hest. emhodilnent tlu'l'eol', l desire to hr'ieit nnderstood that the deriee shou'n i men-ly illu.-.|ruti\'e, undtlult. surh ehunges muy lumude when dt:- sired us ure within the scope.ol' the eluiln uppended lofreto.

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He thus described the invention, 'het ie imed ie- In eombinetion, eVehicle pole, e tip fit'ted to the end thereof end having e projectm 5Fortion formed with e :crew threed, e ho ow body threeded to thelprejecting end of the pole tip, e eonicel shel tted within the forwerdportion of the-hollow body and eonstituting e reflector, an electriclamp fltted to the inner end of the eonieel shell, 10 and e lena littedto the forward end of the said hollow body. In testimon whereof I efixmy signature in presence o two witneseee.

WILEY S. BOND.V Witnesses:

G. E. Hummeox, S. H. Bu'm'r.

